A Comparison of "Of Mice and Men" and "The Great Depression An Eyewitness
History"
The Great Depression is comparable to Lennie and George's life. I would
like to give a comparison of George Milton and Lennie Small to the Great
Depression. The time that this story took place was during the Great Depression.
John Steinbeck captured the reality of this most difficult time.
During the Great Depression people needed to travel together to share
chores and duties to make a living until something better came along. That is
the way George and Lennie traveled. They traveled together to take care of each
other but George took care of Lennie the most, because he was always getting in
trouble. "You do bad things and I got to get you out." (Of Mice and Men p.11).
During the Great Depression money was very scarce. You had to travel around to
find a job in order to make money to survive. Lennie and George were in that
type of predicament. Keeping enough money until the next job......
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